Hungarian legislative elections of 2002 – Wikipedia

THE Hungarian legislative elections of 2002 (in Hungarian: 2002 Hungarian parliamentary elections ) Be held on Sundays 7 And April 21, 2002 , in order to elect the 386 deputies of the 4 ^{It is} Legislature of the National Assembly for a four -year term.

Marked by a clear increase in participation, this ballot sees a new victory in voice of the MSZP, but a victory in seats for the alliance between the Fidesz-MP of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the MDF. Only SZDSZ also obtained a parliamentary representation, the socialist leader Péter Medgyssy succeeds Orbán at the head of a coalition government.

During the 1998 legislative elections, the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in power of Prime Minister Gyula Horn obtained the greatest number of votes, but is distant in seats by the Hungarian Civic Party (Fidesz-MP) of Viktor Orbán who Take advantage of withdrawals with the Hungarian Democrat forum (MDF). Orbán subsequently accesses the power after having constituted a coalition government between the Fidesz-MP, the MDF and the independent party of the small owners (FKGP).

The June 6, 2000 , former Minister Ferenc Mádl is elected for five years President of the Republic by the National Assembly, succeeding árpád Göncz.

The national assembly ( Parliament ) is the monocameral parliament of the Republic of Hungary. It consists of 386 deputies, elected for a four -year legislature by direct universal suffrage according to a mixed ballot:

In order for the result of a constituency (uninominal or multinominal) to be validated, the participation rate must reach 50% of the registrants. Otherwise, a second round is summoned and what quorum falls to 25% of registrants. Only parties that have received at least 5% of the votes cast at national level benefit from the distribution of comitat and compensation seats.

The compensation seats are distributed by adding to the national level all the unnecessary votes, which did not allow a party to win a district or a seat in a comitat ^{[ a ]} .

Results of the Hungarian legislative elections of 2002 ^{[ first ] , [ 2 ]}

Gone		Majority								Ballot proportional				S. Nat.	Total Seats	+/-
		first is tour			2 It is tour			Total	+/-
		Voice	%	S.	Voice	%	S.			Voice	%	+/-	S.
	Parti Socialiste Hongrois (MSZP)	2 277 737	40.50	24	2 011 845	45.77	54	78	24	2 361 997	42.05	9.13	69	thirty first	178	44
	Hungarian Civic Farting (Fidesz-MP)	2 217 755	39.43	15	2 196 540	49.97	sixty one	76	14	2 306 763	41.07	8.79	sixty four	24	164	16
	Hungarian Democrat Forum (MDF)			5			14	19	2				3	2	24	7
	Alliance des Democrates Libres (SZDSZ)	380 982	6.77	first	139 504	3.10	2	3	first	313 084	5.57	2.00	4	13	20	4
	Hungarian Party of Justice and Life (Miép)	257 430	4.58	0	325	0.00	0	0		245 326	4.37	1.10	0	0	0	14
	Coast Du Center (CP) (KDNP- MDNP – ZDSZ – HIM ) [ b ]	182 253	3.24	0	5 280	0.12	0	0		219 029	3.90	0.25	0	0	0
	Hungarian worker party (MP)	108 732	1.93	0	0	0	0	0		121 503	2.16	1.79	0	0	0
	Independent party of small owners (FKGP)	67 401	1.20	0	692	0.00	0	0	twelfth	42 338	0.75	12.40	0	0	0	48
	Others	132 305	2.35	0	61 538	1.36	0	0	first	6 710	0.12	–	0	0	0	first
Suffresses expressed		5 624 595	98.93		4 395 458	99.36				5 616 750	98.79
White and invalid votes		61 060	1.07		28 348	0.64				68 905	1.21
Total		5 685 655	100	45	4 423 806	100	131	176		5 685 655	100	–	140	70	386
Abstention		2 375 446	29.47		1 594 263	26.49				2 375 446	29.47
Registered / Participation		8 061 101	70.53		6 018 069	73.51				8 061 101	70.53

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The ballot is generally a setback for the Hungarian right, which loses power after having exercised it for four years. Admittedly, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz-MP, coalized with the MDF, manages to remain the first parliamentary force and to progress clearly, but to the detriment of the FKGP, the third partner of the government coalition in power which is experiencing resounding failure. The disappearance of the miép far right formation of the assembly, which narrowly misses the 5% of the votes cast, also makes it possible to stabilize the hemicycle. Under the leadership of the former Minister of Finance, without label, fart Medgyssy, the MSZP regains its status as the first party of the Assembly ^{[ d ]} .

The impossibility for Viktor Orbán to ally himself with one of the two other parties represented in the National Assembly forces him to give up power, in favor of an alliance between the MSZP and the SZDSZ led by Péter Medgyessy, whose ‘One of the first decisions is to increase the salary of public education and health agents.

Fidesz leaders are unlikely to challenge the results by requesting a recount of votes. They are supported by István Csurka, the leader of the Hungarian Party of Justice and Life ^{[ 3 ]} .

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